DDR - Black Prints

[Giuseppe D]

Sto cercando di mettere ordine in un lotto acquistato parecchi anni fa e ho trovato questi foglietti che rappresentano in bianco e nero i relativi francobolli. Sono stampati su carta lucida simile a quella fotografica.
Non so cosa sono, ma mi hanno incuriosito.
Qualcuno, forse, li ha già visti da qualche parte.
Vale la pena tenerli assieme alle due strisce usate o li posso tranquillamente buttare?

Grazie! - Giuseppe

[debene]

Giuseppe

dalla tua descrizione che parla di carta lucida fotografica a me sembrano appunto delle riproduzioni
fatte al fine di essere utilizzate in una pubblicazione editoriale.

In tal caso non avrebbero alcun valore filatelico.

Attendo di essere smentito.



sergio

[sfj]

Hello Sergio, Hello Guiseppe,

the German Post of the GDR issued year books from 1985 to 1990.

Most of them contain Black prints, which were not valid for postage.
Some of them include postal stationary, which were ONLY available in this year books.
Soem of the specially created for thhe yearbooks, some of them were reprints of postal stationary iddued that year, where printing differences (different colour/different format/different paper) where only available in the yearbook.

Since this postal stationary were valid for posting (and the yearbooks was offical issued) some postal stationary collector were "forced" to buy the year books to complete their collections.

But I think the main source for "single black prints" (and other DDR "rarities") is the VEB Wermsdorfs, which still exists under the name "Deutscher Philatelie Service GmbH" (located in Wermsdorf).
After the fall of the Berlin Wall they start selling their "tresaures" at dumping prices.

Before the fall of the wall they was the only source for DDR-Stamps - the German Post had not delivered to foreign countries. At stamp fairs you never had found the post - it was VEB Wermsdorf. They were part of the companies, which were founded to organize "hard currencies" for the Regime of the GDR. If they were an important part - I don't know. But even in the GDR itself you need them, when you want more stamps then the ones, you could get at the counter, were you need a special member card, and you can only get 2 stamps of each kind (one for collecting it mind and one for collecting used). If you need stamps for swapping with friends in the west, you register your wife, neighbour etc. and fetch thier stamps at the post office.

Back to your black prints: I doubt that they are high value (the hole year books are around 100 Euro catalogue value, so you might get them for 10 Euros at flea markets.)

CU
Stephan

[debene]

Hi Stephan, how are you ?

Thanks for your complete answear.

bye
sergio

[Giuseppe D]

Grazie Sergio!
A special thanks to Stephan for the very clear and deep answer
My best wishes to both for the new year

Giuseppe

Revised by Lucky Boldrini - December 2017